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  • verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of adenylate.

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  • This hydrolysis of glutaminyl adenylate represents a novel reaction that is directly analogous to the pre-transfer editing hydrolysis of noncognate aminoacyl adenylates by editing synthetases such as isoleucyl-tRNA synthetase.

    Analogy, How Scientifically Powerful is It? 2006

  • This type of reaction, I discovered, was also central to the way amino acids are activated as amino-acyl adenylates prior to being linked to tRNAs.

    Paul Berg - Autobiography 1980

  • Using in vitro assays, we show that Ncs6p binds to tRNA, whereas Uba4p first adenylates and then directly transfers sulphur onto Urm1p.

    Naturejobs - All Jobs 2009

  • Using in vitro assays, we show that Ncs6p binds to tRNA, whereas Uba4p first adenylates and then directly transfers sulphur onto Urm1p.

    Naturejobs - All Jobs 2009

  • Trivedi OA, Arora P, Sridharan V, Tickoo R, Mohanty D, et al. (2004) Enzymic activation and transfer of fatty acids as acyl-adenylates in mycobacteria.

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Garima Khare et al. 2009

  • a previously unknown class of biological compounds - acyl adenylates

    Paul Berg - Autobiography 1980

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